anyone shooting a 1a in 257 roberts

[Lloyd Smale]

just picked one up and was wondering how yours shot.

[fatercat]

mine shoots about 1 1/2". shooting nosler partitions 120 gn. and hodgdon hybrid 100 getting 2970 fps. crony

[coyote wacker]

Do you have to load it long to touch the rifling. Got rid of my Rem 700 Bob short action never could get close to the rifling, to short of  a mag. My No.1 06 made in 1977 is so long you can only use 180gr. bullets to touch the rifling and have enough in the neck to hold the bullet.

[Lloyd Smale]

the 257 featherweight i owned was the same way. It was a long action but had a mag block in it that limited it to what a short action would be. Even after I removed it i couldnt seen bullets out long enough to touch the rifleing that still would work in the mag. That gun was a dismal shooter. best load ever went 2 inch and most were around 3. Dirty shame as i really like featherweights.

[pastorp]

Lloyd, I noticed my model 70 had the short mag and I never could get it to shoot real good.

This Remington 700 cdl is a short action and so it's limited on bullet seating. I loaded some 120 gr game kings and had to seat them real deep to go through the action. I can't shoot it yet dur to recoil after the surgery. But I think I'll see how far short they are from the lands.

Regards,

[fatercat]

let me know if you need any brass.

[Lloyd Smale]

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let me know if you need any brass.
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[fatercat]

this

[Lloyd Smale]

well the new 1a is here and its a beauty. Real nice wood. Its in the box going back to ruger though. I loaded some test rounds and was getting about 50 percent missfires. I got looking at the fired brass and the primer strikes were off center and very light. Sure is a little beauty though. Im sure ruger will get it straighted out.